Boring instrument



March l2, 1929. c. R. FOURNIER BORING INSTRUMENT Filed Feb. 18, 1926 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 12,1929.

UNITED STATES CHARLES n. FOURNIER,

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BORING INSTRUMENT. "U

Application filed February of the aperture, but only a narrow channelv around the inner periphery of the hole and thus avoid the necessity of using sufficient power to cut up the entire portion of the material from the hole, as is ordinarily done by the common angers and boring instruments; and further to provide a movable center member for holding the instrument in true position on the material to `be eut, and also for forcing out from the interior of the instrument the fragment which may have been severed from the material cut.

With these, and' other objects as'will be more fully shown in the following specilication and description, I have illustrated my invention by the accompanying' drawings, of which,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation with all parts assembled.

Fig'. 2 shows a front elevation in section, with the cutting part of the instrument embedded in a block of wood and the movable center member pressed up into the instrument shell by the wood.

Like numerals on the different figures represent like parts. Numeral 1 is the cutter head of tubular form, with a series of cutting teeth 2, suitably spaced around the cutting end ofthe head to permit the shav-l ings or sawdust to pass back from the teeth and up past a tapered portion 12L of the head.

The leading tooth section 3 is given considerable clearance and preferably 'followed by two others 4, for raking out the cuttings.

The head 1, is attached to a holding'tube v 5, by an abutment block 6, the latter provided with a central rib 6a for holding' the tubular parts in their respective positions while' threaded on the block 6, and a hole 6b extends through the abutment for the slidable adjust-ment of a center member or plunger 10. The opposite end of the tube 5 is threaded or otherwise adjustably conneotedwith a shank member 7 which is providedwith tapered extension 8 for fitting in to any ordinary:

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chuck for holdingboring instruments. The extensionV 8 is also provided with an inner threaded connection 9a for attachment on a driving spindle in lieu ofthe chuck. The shank is provided with a hole centrally therethrough for the easy guidance of the plunger 10, andthe lowery end of the plunger is sharpvened as 11 for fitting into `any" center hole provided by the workman for determining whereV the materialA shall be cut out.

Aiixed to the plunger is a plate or washerA 11, and a helical spring 12 is mounted around the plunger betweenthe plate 11L and a movable block 18 which-is slidably mounted within the tube 5 with a hole 13"L therethrough for the plunger-to operate freely. vStuds 111.

are affixed into opposite sides of the block 13 whichextends outward through slots 15 in the Walls of the tube 5. These studs may be used by the operator for forcing the eenvter point 11 into the material to be cut, and Y also for positively ejecting any part-of the material which may become lodged in the cutter head portion in operation.

Suitable holes 16 are provid-ed in the several parts ofl the tool, for facilitating `the connectiony and disconnection thereof by a suitable spanner wrench, etc., and a gauge collar 17 is mounted at any desired position on the head 1 or central tube 5 for determiningthe depth to which the material operated upon shall be cut, and a set screw 18 may be used to hold the collar inthe predetermined position. InFigure 2 is shown a piece of material as 19, into which the cutter head 1 has cut its way, leaving a central section of the material as 20, within the walls or shell of thecutter head. The dotted line 21 illustradres the point 'to which the cutter is designed to penetrate in this particular instance for the purpose of forming a mortice in the material when the core 2O is removed by a chisel or other tool, y

The inner walls of the head piece l havel a greater diameter between them as. they extend back from the head, thus assuring clearance lb for the core 20 to readily advance uplar `body interorly threaded at each end, a circular abutment block having a Inediai cir- Cumferential rib7 said block threaded on each side of said rib and having anaXial bore, a

tubular cutter having heiically dispo-sed teeth at one end and being threaded interorly on the other end, said teeth'belng of greater radial thickness at their bottom or cutting end, Said tubular bodyV and tubular cutter adapted to be screwed 0n to said abutment .6

tubular body for forcing the centering rod 15 downwardly toward the teeth of the cutter. n testin'lony whereof I aix my signature.

CHARLES R. FOURNIER; 

